Testing, testing...

I still have a few more back posts to do to get all caught up. This blog is not my journal, but it has become something of a family scrap book. The longer I keep it up, the more valuable the stories and pictures become for our family, and especially our kids. I started it as a way to share pictures of the kids with our parents and grandparents, but I am also realizing that Ellen, Jack, Rose, and Elijah already love looking back at pictures and reading what they were like when they were "little." I believe they will treasure the stories and memories from their childhood even more as they grow.

To that end, I have also been more mindful of recording my own memories and stories, not just of my life as a mom of four children and a wife, but also of my parents, grandparents, and grandparents, and another people I love who have helped me become the person I am. I want my children and their children to know who they are and where they come from. I have volumes and volumes of personals journals that may never see the light of day. That's okay.

I'm a paper and pencil kind of gal, and the rapid changes in this digital age feel a little disorienting sometimes. For example, I have no idea what I touched on this touch-screen iPad to make this picture show up just now, but that is my mom and dad on their wedding day. Just looking at that picture makes me want to be better, do better, live better, and love better. Our family has a couple of huge events coming soon, both joyful and scary. I look forward to recording and sharing some of my thoughts and feelings then.